Sustainable Jersey hub for Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties

Soap from the Garden

Have you ever wondered how to grow your own organic spa soap? Learn how to grow luffa sponges and turn them into luxurious, moisturizing scrubby soaps. After this tutorial you may want to start planning next year's garden, and there MAY just be some free seeds on hand. New Jersey grown, organic spa soaps will […]

Lake Worth Cleanup

Lake Worth Rosemond Avenue and White Horse Pike, Clementon, New Jersey

Join us for a cleanup of Lake Worth (43.9 acres). The park houses this beautiful Lake and a large tributary of Big Timber Creek. We will be collecting and talking about this interesting lake and its surrounding natural and historical aspects. Bring water, comfortable shoes and your camera! Please RSVP to [email protected]

Basics of Raising Backyard Chickens

Camden County Environmental Center 1301 Park Boulevard, Cherry Hill, NJ, United States

Learn how easy it is to set up a coop, select hens and care for them year-round as well as the legal issues in your town and what you can do about them.  Gwenne Baile, Chair of Camden County Chickens is the presenter.   The snow date is Jan.14. Cost is $10 per person and pre-registration […]

$10.00

Chinese Auction

Carmen Tilelli Hall 820 Mercer Street, Cherry Hill, NJ, United States

Bring new or gently used items to donate. What a great way to pass on any unwanted holiday gifts that someone else may treasure. Free and open to the public to donate or shop.  Gardening items always wanted but not mandatory. Call Diane 856.287.5959 for more information or visit the website: www.HSSJ.org.

Movie Night – To the Ends of the Earth

Cherry Hill Public Library 1100 Kings Highway, Cherry Hill, NJ, United States

To the Ends of the Earth (82 minutes) follows concerned citizens living at the frontiers of extreme oil and gas extraction, bearing witness to a global crossroads. They call for human ingenuity to rebuild society at the end of the fossil fuel era. All are invited to participate in a discussion following the movie.

Seed Exchange: Swap and Donate

Calling all gardeners, seed keepers, and heirloom enthusiasts! Join the SJ Seed CircleLibrary for an evening of seed swapping and saving. Bring your own seeds: some to swap with others and some to donate to the seed library.  Participants are encouraged to bring their own seeds and envelopes. We will have seeds and envelopes for those […]

TriCSA Planning Meeting

Camden County Environmental Center 1301 Park Boulevard, Cherry Hill, NJ, United States

Opportunity for Green Team members and others interested in Sustainability to get together and share ideas.  Check back for the meeting agenda closer to the meeting date.

MLK Day of Service – Cooper River Park Invasive Plant Removal

Cooper River Park near Cuthbert Boulevard, Haddon Township, New Jersey

Invasive plants negatively affect our forests, parks and open space. They do not provide the food source and habitat the area’s wildlife depend on and reduce plant diversity by crowing-out native species.  Volunteers will be trained to identify the common non-native plant species that have over-taken the lakefront riparian buffers. Volunteers will be provided hand tools […]

Project Drawdown – Learn how we can move forward in REVERSING global warming!  

Mount Laurel Library 100 Walt Whitman Avenue, Mount Laurel, NJ, United States

Project Drawdown identifies workable solutions to reverse global warming and how we can participate in this comprehensive plan. We will learn the 80 best, currently-existing solutions to climate change, reflect on the solutions that call to us the most, and work together to start moving forward to a sustainable future now!  Find out what Paul Hawken, editor […]

New Jersey Mayor’s Climate Summit

Rutgers University Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy 33 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

This event is of interest to anyone wanting to move their town towards achieving global and state goals of significantly reducing GHG emissions. You'll hear from experts on the effects of climate change if we do not act now; Sustainable Jersey's Gold Standard in Energy and municipalities who have started implementing its elements; organizations with […]

$10 – $25